Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE GUYnecology by Rene Almeling What is healthy sperm or the male biological clock? This book details why we dont talk about mens reproductive health and how this lack shapes reproductive politics today. For more than a century, the medical profession has made enormous efforts to understand and treat womens reproductive bodies. But only recently have researchers begun to ask basic questions about how mens health matters for reproductive outcomes, from miscarriage to childhood illness. What explains this gap in knowledge, and what are its consequences? Rene Almeling examines the production, circulation, and reception of biomedical knowledge about mens reproductive health. From a failed nineteenth-century effort to launch a medical specialty called andrology to the contemporary science of paternal effects, there has been a lack of attention to the importance of mens age, health, and exposures. Analyzing historical documents, media messages, and qualitative interviews, GUYnecology demonstrates how this non-knowledge shapes reproductive politics today. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Flap "A forceful challenge to the supposition that reproductive health is a womans domain. This sophisticated multilevel study of how knowledge is made--and not made--about mens reproductive health sets a new agenda for research on gender in medical knowledge."--Sarah Richardson, author of Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome "Professor Almeling carefully documents historic neglect of male reproductive health issues by medical science and the media, and the consequent gaps in how the public understands the connection between a fathers health and birth outcomes. A must-read for forward thinkers in the reproductive health community."--Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, President Emerita, March of Dimes "It takes exceptional skill to account for an absence. In this fascinating investigation, Rene Almeling reveals how the science of mens reproductive health has gone missing in action--and shows just how much that vacuum of knowledge matters, for the lives of people of all genders."--Steven Epstein, author of Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research and Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge Author Biography Rene Almeling is Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale University and the author of Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm. Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I Medical Specialization and the Making of Biomedical Knowledge 1. Whither GUYnecology? 2. Andrology Again Part II Circulating Knowledge about Mens Reproductive Health 3. Making Knowledge about Paternal Effects (with Jenna Healey) 4. Reproductive Health for Half the Public Part III Mens Views of Reproduction 5. Sex, Sperm, and Fatherhood 6. Healthy Sperm? Conclusion: The Politics of Mens Reproductive Health Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: Interviewees Notes Bibliography Review "GUYnecology is methodologically rich, including analysis of historical documents, investigating how scientific knowledge is (or is not) disseminated and engaged by the media, and presenting Almelings qualitative interviews about subjects impressions of mens reproductive health. Together with her previous work (Sex Cells) on the gendered rhetoric used in the reproductive industry, GUYnecology offers the sociologist a robust understanding of the gendered cultural discourses that inform peoples approaches to reproductive health. . . . Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"Almeling explains why no medical specialty exists that is devoted to male reproductive health—the guy equivalent of gynecology. When it comes to penis science, it seems, men have gotten shafted." * Scientific American *"A methodical writer. . . , Almeling puts new data about male reproduction to work." * Times Literary Supplement *"By convincingly documenting the active construction of this non-knowledge, this book makes a key contribution to our understanding of the ways that Western gender ideologies have become naturalized in biomedicine and reified in public imaginations of sexed bodies." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"In its core argument that knowledge and non-knowledge about reproductive health stem from binary and opposite conceptualizations of gender, GUYnecology is a critical contribution to our understanding of men, masculinities, and reproduction." * Men and Masculinities *"GUYnecology is both accessible and imaginative from the opening tableau. . . . Almeling makes use of helpful analogies and metaphors to explain what can sometimes be complex or highly theoretical concepts, such as those of relationships between gender and sex. Aside from the specific research contained in the book, these introductory explanations will no doubt be of use to those new to the subject (or process) of gender from an academic perspective, and for those teaching these subjects." * Social History of Medicine *"GUYnecology is a generative book and acts as a foundation from which future scholars can build the field of reproductive health. The book convincingly argues the interconnectedness of political, social, and medical constructs in the production, circulation and reception of mens reproduction. Studies of reproduction must destabilize the notion that reproduction relates specifically to cis-gendered women, and Almeling leaves us to ponder the implications of considering all people as reproductive. It is, perhaps, this tantalizing conclusive thought that will prove most generative for future research." * New Genetics and Society *"An engaging and informative read. . . . Almelings conclusion about what should be done with regard to male reproductive health and paternal effects is, happily, parallel to what many feminists have recommended with regard to womens reproductive care: she believes that what is needed is a combination of broad research and attention to social and environmental structures of health and illness." * Nursing Clio *"Accessibly written and highly engaging, GUYnecology should prove an effective teaching tool for undergraduate and post graduate students alike." * Social Forces * Review Quote "Feature" "Almeling explains why no medical specialty exists that is devoted to male reproductive health--the guy equivalent of gynecology. When it comes to penis science, it seems, men have gotten shafted." Details ISBN0520289242 Author Rene Almeling Short Title GUYnecology Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 0520289242 ISBN-13 9780520289246 Format Hardcover DEWEY 612.61 Publication Date 2020-08-25 Pages 304 UK Release Date 2020-08-25 Imprint University of California Press Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Illustrations 7 charts, 8 photographs, 3 tables AU Release Date 2020-08-25 NZ Release Date 2020-08-25 US Release Date 2020-08-25 Publisher University of California Press Subtitle The Missing Science of Mens Reproductive Health Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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ISBN-13: 9780520289246
Book Title: GUYnecology
Subject Area: Gender Issues
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Width: 152 mm
Author: Rene Almeling
Publication Name: Guynecology: the Missing Science of Men's Reproductive Health
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Zoology
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28 g
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
